The share of the tourism sector in GDP is planned to be doubled. This was stated to journalists by First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov after a meeting between the Head of State and the leadership of the Council of Ministers, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
As previously reported, one of the topics of the meeting between the President of Belarus and the leadership of the Council of Ministers was the proposal to transfer the regulatory function in the tourism sector from the Ministry of Sport and Tourism to the National Tourism Agency. Nikolai Snopkov delivered a report on the subject.
"After a thorough discussion, the Head of State supported the government's initiative, but with personal responsibility for achieving the result," Nikolai Snopkov told journalists. "We plan to double the share of this sector in GDP to 4%, with annual monitoring and marking of the results. And with personal responsibility for achieving the corresponding result annually."
According to him, the planned tasks are to be achieved, inter alia, by restructuring the sector into a real vertical and by fostering interaction between the state and business. The First Deputy Prime Minister also highlighted the multifaceted nature of the tourism sector, which interacts with 55 types of economic activity.